pam Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 I've been noticing a lot more lately people using acronyms for swear words in conversations. This would be considered filter skipping which is against the rules of the site. For example: BS 5. No cursing or crude language. Any swearing, including filter skipping, will result in an automatic one week suspension. This is not the type of language that we want here on the forums and it needs to stop. I realize some subjects are hot topics to some. But we can't allow this type of conversation to continue. mirkwood, Sunday21, Vort and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Good reminder - thanks Pam. In semi-related news: The inventor of the word "grawlix" - the little linguistic shapes or symbols that indicate a cartoon character is swearing, died last month at the age of 94. Mort Walker created Beetle Bailey and produced it for more than six decades, making his the longest tenure of any cartoonist on his original creation in the history of comics. https://comicbookglossary.wordpress.com/grawlixes/ Grawlixes - Appropriate for Sunday comics, but not appropriate for mormonhub.com. Because we have specific words in mind when we do it, and it is basically a way to communicate the word without having to say it. Which is a cheat, which doesn't fly. Vort, zil and mirkwood 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zil Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 34 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said: Grawlixes - Appropriate for Sunday comics, but not appropriate for mormonhub.com. Because we have specific words in mind when we do it, and it is basically a way to communicate the word without having to say it. Which is a cheat, which doesn't fly. Can we say, "Oh grawlix!"? Or should we stick with "Drat!"? (I think my favorite will always be "blooming stands", but I'm not sure how many will get it.) NeuroTypical 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, zil said: Or should we stick with "Drat!"? That's half of a highly offensive palindrome. I'm incensed. mirkwood, zil and Sunday21 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zil Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Vort said: That's half of a highly offensive palindrome. I'm incensed. Oh fiddly sticks! Sunday21 and Vort 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Vort is advocating smoking again! mirkwood and zil 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said: Vort is advocating smoking again! Ha ha ha! That reminds me of Steve Martin's response to someone who asks, "Mind if I smoke?" Oh, wait. That might involve filter skipping. Never mind. Sunday21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zil Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Somewhere out there, I'm thinking there are 7 or so billion people who would read this thread and think we're really weird. mirkwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 31 minutes ago, zil said: Somewhere out there, I'm thinking there are 7 or so billion people who would read this thread and think we're really weird. Peculiar? zil and mirkwood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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